Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4403216367baa0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-06-10 03:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7b014828b2f2a033aaa6a1330c42efe3 SHA-1: 7099f86e72e4bac0a3dc87975f2ac14a1fefbe05 SHA-256: d4403216367baa0e959cfa02191cc9630ed535c3a41841d38ae2d086f5d9d7fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and utilize form-builder plugins for file uploads. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to cracked software, specifically 'gta vc cracked apk'. The presence of multiple external URIs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vc+cracked+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d59e047fb---senamazazopekumubiril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc42837361---61918236380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ab0c2fb86---77796449646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8f5b91dea---45042061748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abda9e8fc8befe0def14bfc136687ba9/mefipanexosaduvijonaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29f28df255---57720696392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0608360ab97bedfd28a1dddf01ef8c9b/mekodotemuvavazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083190705763---gawazobeselalosituketoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64712992bbe1d11942efe26b8f89e57/xumogamupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surejetekuvopopabirivifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/60679476176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad91cbb1b40---11299154598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufosb7hf63hltvoounhc18n040/rezalamazomosaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f83d9f189b17aae2d2935b4e2f36ccf6/pebebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60hm2jm4p1t10u2eep8epvop6p/57090790179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2d6cdf40c141f286fc259552d6d8477/53255872817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501100519118097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF8 5012 bytes
SHA-256: fdf7f71aa67942131769424209d7e478732ef774192ff69dee500637069b28a7
font_01_sfnt_off00010124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10124 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 2ca473a616c18be704944253c39dabec41c6e1271be085f3746539a86fd713e7